SpareBank 1 SMN has on 9 December purchased 9,376 equity certificates at a price of NOK 98.25
 per equity certificate for use in the group’s savings programme for employees.

After this transaction the bank owns 38,276 ECC’s.

Reference is made to the stock exchange notice dated 14 December 2018 for more information about the savings scheme. Reference is also made to the stock exchange notice of 29 March 2019, in which the authorization to buy back equity certificates is included in the resolution from SpareBank 1 SMN’s Supervisory Board.

Trondheim, 9 December 2019
                                                                                                    
Contact person in SpareBank 1 SMN:
Executive Vice President, Finance, Kjell Fordal, tel. 905 41 672

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 5-12 the Norwegian Securities Trading Act